P. M. Merlot — The Monarch Review

Going to the End – P. M. Merlot

Monday, March 3, 2014 11:08 — 1 Comment

I’m on the right street, but the wrong funeral home. If I were thinking clearly, I would turn my car around and head in the opposite direction. Instead, I drive to the second funeral home I know in my father’s hometown. Like the first parking lot, it’s as stark looking as this winter day. I have forty-five minutes left before I miss it all. Part of me wants to. I hate funerals. At the end I am exhausted. I go when I have to. Losing nearly all morning clarity, which is never optimum, I call my parents. I know that […]